LEGO Wicked komt er aan: officiele aankondiging
De Deense speelgoedfabrikant kondigde met Pinksteren een nieuwe themaserie aan: LEGO Wicked. Om samen te vallen met de start van het eerste deel van de gelijknamige muziekfilm, zullen de eerste vier LEGO Wicked-sets in oktober 2024 in de verkoop gaan. Het tweede deel van âWickedâ zal een jaar later in de bioscoop verschijnen. Dan mag er wellicht een tweede golf LEGO Wicked sets verwacht worden.
Allereerst: de nieuwe sets bevatten geen LEGO-minifiguren, maar eerder de van LEGO Friends bekende minipoppetjes. Helaas zijn verdere details over de vier sets nog niet bekend.
Officiële aankondiging
De LEGO Group en Universal Products & Experiences brengen vier nieuwe LEGOÂź Wicked sets met minipoppetjes tot leven, verkrijgbaar vanaf 1 oktober 2024!
Het populaire muzikale fenomeen Wicked wordt een tweedelig, zwaartekracht tartend filmisch evenement: de eerste film zal op 27 november in de bioscoop verschijnen, de tweede volgt in de herfst van 2025. De LEGO Groep introduceert vier sets die zijn geĂŻnspireerd op de eerste film en fans kunnen zich onderdompelen in enkele van de meest iconische scĂšnes rechtstreeks uit Oz en kernthema's, personages en liedjes uit de aankomende film verkennen.
Wicked: Trailer voor de muziekfilm
âWickedâ vertelt het verhaal van de Heksen van Oz Elphaba, een uitdagende verschoppeling die haar ware kracht nog moet ontdekken, en Glinda, een populaire jonge vrouw die verstrikt is door privileges en ambitie, maar haar ware hart nog moet ontdekken.
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Officieel bericht (Engels)
Billund, Denmark, 20 May 2024:Â The LEGO Group and Universal Products & Experiences are bringing to life 4 new LEGOÂź Wicked sets featuring mini-dolls, launching 1st October 2024!
The âpopularâ musical phenomenon, Wicked, becomes a two-part gravity-defying cinematic event with the first film arriving in theatres on November 27th and the second coming in Fall 2025. LEGO Group will introduce four sets inspired by the first film that will allow fans to delve deeper into some of the most iconic scenes straight out of Oz and explore core themes, characters, and songs from the upcoming film.
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, BroadwayâsâŻThe Color Purple) as Elphaba, a defiant social outcast who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande (Hairspray Live!,âŻDonât Look Up), as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.
âThe story of Wicked creates such an incredible experience for families, so being part of the team creating LEGO sets inspired by the upcoming movie and bringing that universe to life is hugely exciting.â says Raquel Ojeda Gregorio, LEGO Wicked Design Lead at the LEGO Group. âWicked has some of the most magical locations and characters and recreating that with LEGO bricks is a match made in Oz. I canât wait for fans to see these colorful sets and hope they will enjoy unlocking their imagination, creating, and telling their own Wicked-inspired stories.â
Full Teaser live on the LEGO Group's and Universal's channels
Stay tuned for the full reveal of the LEGO Wicked sets later this year and coming to fans from 1st October 2024 on www.LEGO.com/Wicked.
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About the LEGO Group
The LEGO Groupâs mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow through the power of play. The LEGO System in Play, with its foundation in LEGO bricks, allows children and fans to build and rebuild anything they can imagine.
The LEGO Group was founded in Billund, Denmark in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, its name derived from the two Danish words Leg Godt, which mean âPlay Wellâ.
Today, the LEGO Group remains a family-owned company headquartered in Billund. Its products are now sold in more than 120 countries worldwide. For more information:âŻwww.LEGO.com
About Universal Products & Experiences
Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) globally drives the expansion and elevation of NBCUniversalâs iconic collection of brands, intellectual properties, characters, and stories based on the companyâs extensive portfolio of properties created by Universal Pictures, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. The division executes this through innovative physical and digital products, as well as engaging retail and product experiences across our expansive global theme park destinations (for both owned and third-party IP), location-based venues, e-commerce product platforms, and retailers around the world. Along with global brand strategy and creative, UP&Eâs lines of business include Consumer Products and Games, along with Theme Parks Products & Retail. UP&E is a division of Universal Destinations & Experiences, part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. More information is available at universalproductsexperiences.com.
About Wicked
The holidays are about to get Wicked. The record-shattering, Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon becomes a two-part, gravity-defying, generation-defining cinematic event.âŻWicked Part OneâŻflies into theaters Nov. 27, 2024.âŻWicked Part TwoâŻlands Nov. 26, 2025.
Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, BroadwayâsâŻThe Color Purple) as Elphaba, a defiant social outcast who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande (Hairspray Live!,âŻDonât Look Up), as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.
As the two women forge an unlikely sisterhood, they will empower each other in ways that neither foresees. But as dark forces of prejudice and oppression loom on the horizon, the choices they make will separate them, and will set them on different destinies that will change them, and Oz, for good.
The film stars OscarÂźâŻwinner Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once,âŻCrazy Rich Asians) as Madame Morrible; Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton,âŻCrashing) as Fiyero; Tony nominee Ethan Slater (BroadwayâsâŻSpongebob Squarepants,âŻFosse/Verdon) as Boq; Marissa Bode, in her feature film debut, as Nessarose; and Emmy nominee and pop culture icon Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic WorldâŻfranchise,âŻThe Grand Budapest Hotel) as The Wizard.
The all-star cast includes Emmy nominee Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live) as Pfannee, Bronwyn James (Harlots) as ShenShen and Tony nominee Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman) as a new character created for the film, Miss Coddle.
Directed by electrifying filmmaker Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians,âŻIn the Heights),âŻWicked Part TwoâŻis the second chapter of a two-part immersive, cultural spectacular.
WickedâŻis produced by Marc Platt (La La Land,âŻThe Little Mermaid), and by Tony winner David Stone (Kimberly Akimbo), with whom Platt produced the blockbusterâŻWickedâŻstage musical. The executive producers are David Nicksay, Stephen Schwartz and Jared LeBoff.
Based on the bestselling novel by Gregory Maguire,âŻWickedâŻis adapted for the screen by the stage productionâs book writer Winnie Holzman and by legendary Academy AwardÂźâŻwinning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz. The Broadway stage musical is produced by Universal Stage Productions, Marc Platt, the Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.
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